The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-10
SATURDAY, SEPT. 10, ISS5.

Aa even, of s1,-.l--..- r.g,ry..ns.
 to She future Of Fama aod Yum.
 county is announce,l I5ls the forma
 commencement of the saryey of tho
 Peninsula Rajlysay of Lower Califor
 nia, which took place at San Cs'ios
 City on the 2n.l ius'. Jpou tl..s sub jec, the San D.eSn S.ua-says:
 "The road, to beat oace bail', vii. ext nd from Ensenada anJ San Carlos to San Diego on the west and Yuma on the east, thus making a .eenne.si1n betweenzthis, city and Yuma. We believe it will be conceded that the completion of this roaa, ,rlacing-ns on a direct line to the east, will Je the most important event since the con. struction of the first railway to this city. The advantages will be numcr- ors.s We shall he. able to reach the East, and the E,st will Jc aile to reach us, more diracs and m loss time than at present. The long haul over the desert between Yuma aal Col5ou will be avoided, and that unpleasant feature will not be encountered On D trip over the Southern Pacific, which will be an advantage both in the ship ment of perisheblo freight aud in the passenger service.
 Bat tke chief advaniaes VII ho yl.-a by the constroc-'oa of this road and the operation of direct trains to tA:s city from the Est, Sln Diego WI! become the front door instead of the back door of California. in what is called the tourist travel-and the term wIth-us means much more than it or dinarily implies, for the great proper tion of our tourists become citizcns- San Diego will be the first city visit cd by the crowds, whereas at presen, most strangers find their way Lere only after they have visited, and probably invested elsewhere
 So. far as San Diego is Immediately concerned, of course, it would be a greater advantage to have the line di rect from Yuma to this city, but the detour is not great one in actual measurement, and the difference in the. time of the trip as compared with straight line as railways usually 20. will not be more than two or three bours in passeng7r saryIce.
 Considered locally. the construction of this line is also of great importance, for it will open uP fur settlanent q fine country now entirely unoccap piel. and w'lie.. will be tributary to San D,ea5.
 G1.at tae work of construction will be pushed with cigor there cn be but little doubt, for subsidy of $I2,0O0I mile awaits the projectors on the completion os ,h9 roll."
 The importance to Ylma of th.s roal cannot be over estimated. lti viii give us a closer connection with shipping point for the varied prolucts for which this section is destined to ] reqaire a markrt. ShoulI tue l;na b. Juiitf anl there is l;t.ie doubt oi that, 1t will it is ;hnaght touch tile wstar at the h,aj oi tae Galf thus placing Yama within three or f5sc hours oc | deep sea navigation, aud extending along the rich valley of the Col2raj" for distance of nine.y miles, the road viii open up an immense territory Of IS fine colntrY as the sun shines uPon. Eor Is this aii The complr- ton of this road from San D,rso VII be but the beginning Of another cx tenling along the north side of the Giln to Plelix and tlence to Prescott or H1ibrook wigi branches to other points j.. central Arizona, opening uo anl developing the vrst resources of that part of the Territory. With these. ropls in operation anu q navigl ! bla river at olr dor c07naot;ng us wiah tic Es5o-, tha future importance of Yuma az Q counerciAl point. can b. readily estima'e1.